Vitamin D Deficiency/Insufficiency Practice Patterns in a Veterans Health Administration Long-Term Care Population: A Retrospective Analysis

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 653-657

  Braddy, Kathryn K ^a   Imam, Syed N ^a   Palla, Kavita R ^a   Lee, Todd A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

long term care; Vitamin D; vitamin D deficiency; vitamin D insufficiency

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SIDE EFFECT; VETERAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 70350359680     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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